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Peer reviewedScience and Children, 1986
Reviews the space classroom that would have been conducted by Christa McAuliffe during the space shuttle flight. Includes lab activities, word puzzles, vocabulary lists, and graph reading exercises for elementary science students. (ML)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMoore, G. Robert – Science and Children, 1994
Describes a long-term project, Moonwatch, which introduces the relationships between the earth, sun, and moon, highlighting the broad conceptual themes of patterns and change. (MKR)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedShewell, John – Science and Children, 1994
Describes historical accounts of the manipulation and importance of the Earth and its mineral resources. A foldout, "Out of the Rock," provides a collection of activities and information that helps make integration of the aforementioned concepts easy. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedScarnati, James T. – Science and Children, 1993
Describes a contemporary adaptation of the "Footprint Puzzle," whigh was first developed in the 1960s for the Earth Science Curriculum Project. Students sequentially look at three frames of track drawings. For each frame, students first list observations and then make inferences about the observations. (PR)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inferences
Peer reviewedDomel, Rue – Science and Children, 1993
Describes activities to help students understand pH scales and acid rain. (PR)
Descriptors: Acid Rain, Air Pollution, Chemistry, Earth Science
